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Newport · Lincoln County · park · 0.70 acres
Founding Rock
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About this park
This pocket park in the Deco District celebrates and honors Newport's founders. Newport was named on July 4th,1866 and incorporated in 1882 with a population of about 250.
Aside from the Founding Rock with its plaque, there is also a time capsule, placed in 1966 and set to be opened in 2066.
Plaque text: The Lincoln County Historical Society here placed a time capsule to commemorate the centenial of the naming of Newport, July 4, 1966, and to honor founders Samuel Case, Dr J.
W. Bailey, and others.
Inside the capsule is microfilm of contemporary newspapers and city and county records, written accounts, motion pictures film, and artifacts are enclosed which depict life in this land of beauty and contrast.
Dedicated April 29, 1967: to be opened Jly 4, 2066.
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